ECE Sector Improvement Work is Underway

An international consulting company (SDSURF) continues working on ECE Sector improvement in Georgia. The company with many years of experience in the field will give special notice to the following tasks: 1. Development of a quality assurance framework; ECE Data Reporting – developing mechanisms for collecting and analyzing data related to ECE education and integrating it with the education management information system; Salary Scale – developing an updated salary policy for ECE education, and Teacher Training and School Readiness Program (SRP) – teachers and promoting professional development and updating the existing school readiness program.

On February 21, 2023, Tamar Tchkonia, I2Q Project ECE component lead, met Elizabeth Steed, teachers’ professional development and SRP working group leader. Dr. Elizabet Steed is a curriculum and child psychology expert.

Topics discussed regard the following but are not limited to:
· Professional Development (PD)
· Caregiver-pedagogue Professional Standard and its revision
· qualifications required for non-key experts to become PD trainers
· Child development assessment tool
· Curriculums implemented on the ECE level
· SRP
· Timeline for work

The group holds working meetings once every two weeks.